PROPERTY SPECIFICATIONS OF ROCK AS BUILDING MATERIAL

VARUDEKLARATION AV BYGGNADSMATERIALET BERG

With the increased number of underground construction projects as a background, the author points out the need for acquiring improved knowledge of the properties of rock before design work begins. General characteristics of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are briefly described. It is not enough to classify the technical properties of the mineral components of the various types of rock. To give a complete picture of the rock masses it is necessary to describe their imperfections due to external processes, mainly disintegration, cracking and crushing. /TRRL/

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  Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband

  Regeringsgaten 98
  S-11139 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Morfeldt, C O
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 19-22
• Serial:
  • Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren
  • Issue Number: 8-9
  • Publisher: Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband
  • ISSN: 0042-2177

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Compressibility; Cracking; Crushing; Fracture mechanics; Igneous rocks; Metamorphic rocks; Performance based specifications; Physical properties; Properties of materials; Rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Specifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Disintegration; Rock properties
• ITRD Terms: 5905: Compressibility; 5211: Cracking; 4555: Material (constr); 5925: Properties; 4154: Rock; 177: Specifications
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127993
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM